Display-rack.



PATENTED JULY -28, 1903.

' D. SULLIVAN.

DISPLAY RACK.

APPLIUATION IILED FEB. 26, 1903.

NO MODEL.

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MHHHHHHHI are. 734,995.

UNITED STATES Patented July 28, 1903.

Y DOUGLAS SULLIVAN, OF MOUNT AYR, IOWA.

DISPLAY-RACK.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent N 0. 734,995, dated July 28,1903.

Application filed February 26, 1903. Serial No. 145,219- (No model.)

To (tZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, DOUGLAS SULLIVAN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Mount Ayr, in the county of Ringgold and State of Iowa, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Display-Racks; and I dohereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descriptionof the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to whichit appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to display-racks,which while useful for a greatvariety of purposes will be found to be especially desirable as a rackupon which parts of harness and particularly horse-collars may beexhibited, as in a store-room, whereby a large quantity of such goodsmay be thus kept in position ready for immediate display to thecustomer; and my invention consists of certain novel features ofcombination and construction of parts, as will be hereinafter clearlyset forth, and pointed out in the claim.

The prime objectof my invention, among others, is to provideadisplay-rack of the character specified which will have a capacity forthe exhibition of a largequantity of horsecollars and other parts ofharness and which will occupy a minimum amount of space in thestore-room.

A further object of my invention is to so form my improved display-rackthat the various parts thereof may be quickly separated and packed forshipment or storage, so as to occupy the smallest possible amount ofspace.

Other objects and advantages will be hereinafter made clearly apparent,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which are made a partof this application, and in which Figure 1 shows, in side elevation andpartly in section, my improved rack complete ready for use. Fig. 2 is adetail view showing a pair of collar-supporting arms separated from theother parts. Fig. 3 is a detail view of one pair of arms and acontiguous part of the supporting-post. Fig. 4: is a similar view tothat illustrated in Fig. 2, showing the arms in a partially-foldedposition.

For convenience in readily referring to the various details of myinvention and cooperating accessories numerals will be employed,

the same numeral applying to a similar part throughout the severalviews.

Referring to the numerals on the drawings, 1 and 2 indicate,respectively, the lower and upper portions of the body-section of myimproved display-rack, said parts being preferably hinged together attheir meeting ends, as indicated by the numeral 3, a keeper or latch 4being placed upon the side opposite the hinge 3, as clearly shown inFig. 1.

I prefer in some instances, as where the members or sections 1 and 2 areto be permanently united, to provide the locking-pin 5, which occupies arecess in the meeting ends of said members, whereby they will be moresecurely united.

The members 1 and 2 are provided at in tervals throughout their lengthwith-apertures 6 and 7, adapted to receive the collarracks orsupporting-arms 8, which may comprise one continuous piece or two piecesof.

equal length joined together by means of the hinges 9 and preferablyhaving the upwardlydirected terminals or fingers 10 at their extremeouter ends designed to prevent the col lars or other goods displayedthereon from casually slipping off. I prefer to form the recesses 6 and7 in the manner illustrated in Fig. 1, wherein it will be observed thatthe upper side of the recess is extended upwardly at its middle portion,whereby wh en the arms 8 are inserted in their operative posit-ions thefree outer ends thereof will be permitted to incline slightly downward,and thereby in-' sure that said arms will be reliably held in theiroperative positions. In some instances, if desired, additional meanscomprising a small lug 11 may be provided for the upper side and innerend of each of the sections comprising the arms 8, as more clearly shownin Figs. 2 and at, and it will therefore be seen that said lugs 11 willengage a contiguous part of the recess inwhich the arms are located, andthereby reliably prevent the casual displacement of said arms. Theobject in providing the arms 8 with a hinge 9, as illustrated, is toenable the parts of said arms to be folded upon each other forconvenience of storage or shipment.

The lower end of the member 1 and the up per end of the member 2 areprovided with stub-shafts or gudgeons, as indicated by the dotted linesin Fig. 1, which are designated by the numeral 12, said gudgeons beingdesigned to take into a centrally-disposed aperture provided in theanchoring-plates 13, one of which is designed to be secured to theceiling, while the other is to be nailed or otherwise attached to thefioor immediately below, whereby the members 1 and 2 when joinedtogether may be freely rotated in either direction to bring anypreferred goods carried by any one of the plurality of arms into view ofthe customer.

In Fig. 3 I have shown an arm 1i, corresponding to the arm 8 in theother views, as being formed in one continuous piece and have also showna portion of the tree-section or body proper, 15, provided with suitablerecesses 16, designed to receive said arms and dispose them at rightangles to each other,

said arms being so fitted in said recesses as to permit their easywithdrawal when it is desired to pack or store the parts of the rackinto convenient form. In some instances I prefer to lock the arms 14 inplace by means of a pin 17, which is driven into a suitable hole in thebody portion 15, which extends through the upper wall of the recess andinto a contiguous part of the arm 14, as clearly shown in Fig. 3; hen itis desired to remove the arm 14, the pin 17 may be readily removed andthe arm withdrawn, when the pin may be again inserted in its aperture,so as to be in place when it is again desired to replace the arm in itsoperative position. W'hile I'have therefore illustrated and describedthe arms 8 as being joined together at their inner ends by a hinge, itwill be understood that they may be made in one piece, as shown in Fig.3, and I therefore reserve the right to form them in either manner whichI may find most desirable when manufacturing the invention and placingit upon the market.

While I have described the preferred combination and construction ofparts deemed necessary in carrying out my invention, I wish tocomprehend such substantial equivalents and substitutes as may beconsidered as falling fairly within' the scope of my invention.

Believing that the advantages and manner of using my improveddisplay-rack have thus been made clearly apparent, further reference tothe details thereof is deemed unnecessary.

hat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

In a display-rack, the combination with the body portion havingapertures extending substantially at right angles to each other, of aplurality of arms adapted to fit said recesses, said arms being in twosections and hinged together whereby said arms may be folded togetherand means carried at or near the inner ends of said arms, whereby saidarms will be held against casual displacement, substantially as and forthe purpose set forth.

' In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of twowitnesses.

DOUGLAS SULLIVAN. lVitnesses:

J OHN I. TOUEY, C. E. DUNNING.

